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posted on Apr 22, 2019, 10:18 AM 0

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We always rate considering the price, simple as that. So naturally, this score is in the context of other affordable phones and at just around $200, the Galaxy A30 particularly offers some great value.

posted on Apr 22, 2019, 10:44 AM 10

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posted on Apr 22, 2019, 10:46 AM 0

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Considering the price and competition 7/10 seems like a score that reflects reality of the market.
Not to mention if you compare it to something like a last year flagship, but we do not do that here, blasphemy I say!

posted on Apr 23, 2019, 2:29 PM 1

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posted on Apr 24, 2019, 12:12 AM 0

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"it’s about on par with the Snapdragon 660 chip, which in turn is actually slower than a Snapdragon 821 flagship grade chip from two years ago"
The 820 and 821 (msm8996) are 3 year old chips now. They were in 2016 phones, and we are in 2019 now.

posted on Apr 22, 2019, 8:08 PM 0

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With all these downsides you rate the A30 8.3 and yet you gave a vastly superior device in the Redmi Note 7 7.o just because you didn't like the notification?
I didn't see where no LED notification was mentioned as a CON,yet the tiny led notification in the Redmi was clearly a CON in your ratings..
The partiality and bias stinks to the high heavens..

posted on Apr 23, 2019, 12:41 AM 4

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posted on Apr 23, 2019, 7:53 PM 0

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Samsung proves you can make premium quality devices at low price points.
Unlike Apple who said, we can't make a lower costing device without it being a piece of crap. And I believe them, because they can't make an expensive one that isn't a piece of crap either.
They can, but they won't.
What Apple should have said was, we can't make a cheap luxury device because, if its cheap it can't be luxurious.

posted on Apr 23, 2019, 8:46 PM 0

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So hypocritical.
You gave it a con for no 4K video option? Its a cheap phone.
How come the iPhone not being able to record 4K with its front camera being a con? After all other phones can record 4K from the front camera.
Slightly stuttery performance? It's $230. Go and get an iPhone that cost $230 and run it on the highest possible version of IOS. I bet it will be slightly stuttery. But I bet you won't list it as a con.
$230 is pricey? Show me an iPhone for $230 with an OLED display, decent cameras, USB-C, FPS and a 4000MaH battery. You can't even get that in the XR for $750 and you say $230 is pricey?
OMG this is just so unreal. And you guys wonder why you get ridiculed.
For $230, you want this phone to have features you find on a mid-range or premium device. But the iPhonme XR doesn't have a 4000MaH battery, no FPS, the XR doesn't even ahve an OLED display,
A50 vs XR
$230 vs $750
6.4" vs 6.1" displsay
SuperAMOLED @ 1080x2340 vs IPS LCD @ 848x1792
403PPI vs 326PPI
Octa-Core vs HexaCore
128GB vs 64GB starting storage.
25MP @1.7/8 @ 2.2/5 @ 2.2 vs 12MP @ 1.8 for main camera both with HDR
25MP @ 2.0 vs 7MP @ 2.2 selfie cam
Same wifi
Same BT 5.0
FM radio vs NONE
FPS vs Face ID - FPS is more secure.
4000Mah vs 2942MaH
We know Samsung's fast charging is faster than Apple's fast charging, even with a Mac adpater.
The A50 certainly has some faults in the spec, but the ones that do count are all higher than the $750 option for less than half the price. $350 euros vs $850 Euros.
And the A50 doesn't have that eye sore uni-brow either.
According to Margues, this device hits all 5 of his main marks. The cons you picked were just a reach for the stars.
The final score is ok. But the cons were just stupid.
if a cheap phone had 4K, then what would be the appeal to buy a more expensive model to get it?
And why would you want 4K on a 2.0 lens? The video is gonna be terrible.

posted on Apr 23, 2019, 9:10 PM 3

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